Prekmurje Slovene
Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...
: ''Ižekovci'', ) is a
village
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Municipality of Beltinci
The Municipality of Beltinci (; ) is a municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Beltinci. The municipality has 8,256 inhabitants. It was a sanjak under the name ''Balatin'' that initially belon ...
in the
Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...
region of northeastern
Slovenia
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Ižakovci was attested in written sources in 1322 as ''Isakouc'' and ''Isacoush'' (and as ''Isakolch'' in 1381 and ''Isakowlch'' in 1428). The name of the settlement is derived from personal name ''Izak'' 'Isaac' and is a demonym meaning 'inhabitants of Isaac's village'. The phonemic change ''-z-'' > ''-ž-'' indicates that the Slovenian name developed through an intermediate German form.
Cultural heritage
There is a
chapel
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in the centre of the village. It is dedicated to
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on M ...
and belongs to the
Parish
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of Beltinci.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Ižakovci include:
* Iván Persa (1861–1935), writer
* Bertalan Koczuván (1828–1889), writer and teacher